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    EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2016
    denisegoldberg wrote: »

    ...I haven't been there, but based on your photos I think I need to add it to my list of places to visit.


    --- Denise

    Ohh... it's a fantastic place to visit - I'm sure you would love it Denise! He was super wealthy and collected and imported
    an astounding amount of Spanish, Baroque, and European antiques, furnishings and building elements, like entire ceilings.
    The grounds (atop a mountain) are nearly as impressive as the home.
    More pics:

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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2016
    Hi, I'm new to this game, so I hope i'm on the right track, with my pub in Ontario pic showing perspective and leading lines :)

    I knew about this game from some years ago, but somehow I ignored it because I thought I was not ready for it.... No, I feel differently, so here I am :)

    Great game! thumb.gif
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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2016
    Earache wrote: »
    Ohh... it's a fantastic place to visit

    Wonderful photos Eric. Where is this?
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    EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2016
    travelways wrote: »
    Hi, I'm new to this game, so I hope i'm on the right track, with my pub in Ontario pic showing perspective and leading lines :)

    I knew about this game from some years ago, but somehow I ignored it because I thought I was not ready for it.... No, I feel differently, so here I am :)

    Great game! thumb.gif

    Your image is just fine and, by all means Tatiana... jump on in! thumb.gif

    travelways wrote: »
    Wonderful photos Eric. Where is this?

    Thanks Tatiana!
    This is Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. William Randolph Hearst was a wealthy publisher and the grandfather of Patty Hearst (if you know that story) They offer guided tours - it's really worth a visit!
    Eric ~ Smugmug
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    sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,831 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2016
    Eric, you brought back memories for me - the one and only time I was at Hearst Castle was in 1974. It was during the time that Patty Hearst was kidnapped and on the very day that then-President Nixon was indicted in the Watergate scandal. We heard the announcement on the radio playing in the public waiting area. Interesting times...

    My photos of the day are somewhere in a slide tray and are with certainty not anything like your splendid images! Thanks for sharing.

    Cheers, Sara
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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2016
    Earache wrote: »
    Your image is just fine and, by all means Tatiana... jump on in! thumb.gif

    Thank you very much Eric, I appreciate this :D

    Earache wrote: »
    This is Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. William Randolph Hearst was a wealthy publisher and the grandfather of Patty Hearst (if you know that story) They offer guided tours - it's really worth a visit!

    Wow, I thought it was some place in Europe. Very impressive! - No, I didn't know about it - I may be able to visit it one day, maybe... ne_nau.gif
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    EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2016
    sarasphotos wrote: »
    Eric, you brought back memories for me - the one and only time I was at Hearst Castle was in 1974. It was during the time that Patty Hearst was kidnapped and on the very day that then-President Nixon was indicted in the Watergate scandal. We heard the announcement on the radio playing in the public waiting area. Interesting times...

    My photos of the day are somewhere in a slide tray and are with certainty not anything like your splendid images! Thanks for sharing.

    Cheers, Sara
    Thanks Sara, glad to share - it's such an unusual venue... thumb.gif
    And, yes, there were a few crazy things happening then - a little excitement in an otherwise fairly mundane decade.

    Speaking of slide trays... now, you have reminded me of the boxes of slides and prints lurking deep in my closet... neglected, dusty, mostly forgotten... so sad, that I'm so lazy. rolleyes1.gif:D
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    sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,831 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2016
    Right now I'm constantly being reminded of such things. I recently made a quick trip to California to help my sister go through all of the family stuff before her move to a new house. We have albums of family pictures dating back to the 1860's!!!! I ended up with all of the family slides and our pictures from the 40's to the present for eventual sorting through and digitalizing. Egads - my retirement will not be boring!! And not to mention my own thousands of slides and pictures. Yikes!
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,918 moderator
    edited April 6, 2016
    sarasphotos wrote: »
    Richard, I just love your unexpected turns!

    Cheers, Sara
    DonRicklin wrote: »
    THat's because Richard really knows how to play the game. Not just post another similar image. Play off unexpected elements! I try to do that when I play this one and some of the other games.

    Keeps us on our toes! Right Richard... thumb.gif

    Don
    I try to go for the unexpected and like it when others do as well--it just seems to be more fun that way. There used to be more of that. If you scroll back in this thread, you can find some of the more original associations, including a few that were so obscure that nobody could figure them out mwink.gif. But the game is what people make of it--the main thing is to see great images deal.gif.
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    denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,237 moderator
    edited April 6, 2016
    Richard wrote: »
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    Richard -
    You have a superb eye for the absurd, love this one!

    --- Denise
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    sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,831 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2016
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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2016
    denisegoldberg wrote: »
    Richard -
    You have a superb eye for the absurd, love this one!

    --- Denise

    :smo
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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2016
    Is it something wrong with my last entry that made this game stop? headscratch.gif
    travelways wrote: »
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    Should I change the photo?
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    David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,185 moderator
    edited April 7, 2016
    No, nothing wrong. Game continues...
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    sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,831 Major grins
    edited April 7, 2016
    Don't worry, Tatiana, this game doesn't always move a quickly as the others, which is actually nice. Often a day or so elapses before the next entry.

    We all get a chance to really consider what the next photo could be and as Richard said above, perhaps go for the unexpected - make the others really THINK about the relationship between the photos.

    Cheers, Sara
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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 7, 2016
    David_S85 wrote: »
    No, nothing wrong. Game continues...

    Great, Thanks thumb.gif
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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 7, 2016
    sarasphotos wrote: »
    Don't worry, Tatiana, this game doesn't always move a quickly as the others, which is actually nice. Often a day or so elapses before the next entry.

    We all get a chance to really consider what the next photo could be and as Richard said above, perhaps go for the unexpected - make the others really THINK about the relationship between the photos.

    Cheers, Sara

    Another great thing about thumb.gif

    However, yesterday was very dynamic, so I thought it will go quite fast - that's OK, I was only a little worried :)
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,918 moderator
    edited April 7, 2016
    denisegoldberg wrote: »
    Richard -
    You have a superb eye for the absurd, love this one!

    --- Denise
    sarasphotos wrote: »
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    travelways wrote: »
    :smo
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    EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited April 7, 2016
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    It took me a minute, but I saw what you did there Richard... rolleyes1.gifthumb.gif
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,918 moderator
    edited April 7, 2016
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    sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,831 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2016
    This scenario is all too familiar to me - although usually when I use the helper the bike is fully loaded... ugh!
    travelways wrote: »
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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2016
    sarasphotos wrote: »
    This scenario is all too familiar to me - although usually when I use the helper the bike is fully loaded... ugh!

    rolleyes1.gif

    I don't know what stopped me, but I was about to make this caption: Sara coming from the train station in Friederikhsafen :)
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    sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,831 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2016
    your instincts were correct! rolleyes1.gif
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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2016
    sarasphotos wrote: »
    your instincts were correct! rolleyes1.gif

    This is clever "Technology Today" to be found but only in Germany... mwink.gif
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    denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,237 moderator
    edited April 8, 2016
    travelways wrote: »
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    I love the motion in this one!

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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2016
    denisegoldberg wrote: »
    I love the motion in this one!

    --- Denise

    Thank you Denise, a lot of good things are done by chance... mwink.gif
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    EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2016
    denisegoldberg wrote: »
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    I really like the lighting and composition here Denise... the low angle captures the wave nicely!
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    denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,237 moderator
    edited April 8, 2016
    Earache wrote: »
    I really like the lighting and composition here Denise... the low angle captures the wave nicely!
    Thank you Eric!

    This was at a favorite spot, the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. The place belongs to the birds - the beach closes April 1st each year for the piping plover nesting season, usually reopening in August or September.

    --- Denise
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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2016
    denisegoldberg wrote: »
    Thank you Eric!

    This was at a favorite spot, the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. The place belongs to the birds - the beach closes April 1st each year for the piping plover nesting season, usually reopening in August or September.

    --- Denise

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    travelwaystravelways Registered Users Posts: 7,854 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2016
    Welcome to this so COOL game Pegelli! :D
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